NVIDIA GeForce Experience before 3.18 contains a vulnerability when ShadowPlay or GameStream is enabled.

published 2019-03-28 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-15249

cvss: 7.0; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 0; none known

NVIDIA GeForce Experience before 3.18 contains a vulnerability when ShadowPlay or GameStream is enabled. When an attacker has access to the system and creates a hard link, the software does not check for hard link attacks. This behavior may lead to code execution, denial of service, or escalation of privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

nvidia geforce_experience 3.18

nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4784 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

NVIDIA Corporation GeForce Experience

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

nvidia.custhelp.com /app/answers/detail/a_id/4784
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/107621
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
support.lenovo.com /us/en/solutions/LEN-27096

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-5674
NVD CVE-2019-5674

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